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Release Notes

February 2026 (version 10.1)

Overview

The February 21th, 2026 release of DietPi v10.1 comes with a new image for the NanoPi Zero2, the database management tool WhoDB as new software option, and further enhancements and fixes.

NanoPi Zero2 DietPi-Banner screenshot

DietPi-Banner output on NanoPi Zero2 screenshot by @StephanStS

New images

  • NanoPi Zero2 Support for this headless FriendlyELEC SBC with Rockchip RK3528 SoC has been added to DietPi.

New software

Enhancements

  • NanoPi R5C Resolved an issue where the Ethernet network interface names could have swapped on reboots. They are now assigned with eth0 as LAN port and eth1 as WAN port. Many thanks to @firebox for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/24845/24
  • DietPi-Tools | DietPi-Banner New option to output the Linux kernel version
  • DietPi-Software | Python 3 All Python software options make now use of venvs, instead of being installed to the system site /usr/local/lib/python3.*/dist-packages. Recent pip has increasing issues managing modules there on distributions which have own Python module packages. Modern setups almost require isolated environments like venv.
    Synapse, motionEye, and OctoPrint are reinstalled on DietPi update to perform the migration directly, preserving user data and plugins. The “break-system-packages” flag in /etc/pip.conf is consequently removed. If you need to manage packages via pip at the system site, add the --break-system-packages CLI flag to each call.
  • DietPi-Software | Navidrome Support for RISC-V has been unlocked, as official builds have been added with the v0.60.0 release on GitHub.
  • DietPi-Software | MinIO The console client mc is now installed along with the server, to make up with the lost administration functionalities of the community server web UI. A shell alias is generated to invoke it as minio-user user, using a pre-generated config file /mnt/dietpi_userdata/minio-data/.mc/config.json. It adds the local MinIO server instance as “local” alias. Additionally, the default credentials have been changed to username (access key) “dietpi” and the default software password as secret key. Since MinIO requires the password to be at least 8 characters long, the default software password is concatenated until 8 characters are reached. E.g. if test was used, it will be testtest for MinIO. However, don’t try it and use a secure default software password of 12 characters or more on production systems ;). Change it afterwards for the MinIO server in /etc/default/minio, and for the console client mc accordingly in /mnt/dietpi_userdata/minio-data/.mc/config.json.
  • DietPi-Software | TigerVNC/RealVNC/XRDP Those remote desktop servers do not actually require a desktop anymore, but just the X server. This allows lighter setups when using them to show an individual GUI application like Chromium only, instead of a full desktop. Many thanks to @fow0ryl for doing this suggestion: MichaIng/DietPi#7947

Bug fixes

  • ZeroPi Resolved an issue where images failed to boot because of a faulty bootloader update. Many thanks to @TimoAbt and @dan-hughes for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#7715
  • DietPi-Software | BirdNET-Go Resolved an issue where the install failed since the initial call tries to create the logs directory in the working directory as unprivileged user, rather than in its home directory. Many thanks to @shagr4th for implementing a fix: MichaIng/DietPi!7929
  • DietPi-Software | Chromium Resolved a v10.0 regression where the kiosk mode dietpi-autostart option failed, since the script tried to call it with xinit/startx chromium, while it requires the full path xinit/startx /usr/bin/chromium. Many thanks to @PTXRM1980 and @binarypickle for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#7923
  • DietPi-Software | ADS-B Feeder Resolved an issue where the setup could have failed on RISC-V and 32-bit ARM system due to missing dependencies for the Python cryptography module.
  • DietPi-Software | Gogs Resolved an issue where ARMv8 systems were not able to detect the latest version due to a changed asset name suffix in the GitHub releases for this architecture. Many thanks to @deeejas for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#7945
  • DietPi-Software | Plex Media Server Resolved an issue where APT was throwing errors and package installs/upgrades failed because of a faulty key rotation done at the Plex APT repository. The old repository has been since shut down and a new one set up, which we use now. The migration is done automatically on DietPi update. Many thanks to @Krouwndouwn for reporting this issue: MichaIng/DietPi#7925
  • DietPi-Software | microblog.pub Resolved an issue where the install failed since pyenv Python 3.11 or older builds require the “patch” package now. Many thanks to @gilou for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/24975/2
  • DietPi-Software | Pi-hole Resolved an issue where Pi-hole’s setup dialogs did print cryptic characters on input when selected for install during first run setup. “dialog” requires either STDOUT or STDOUT directly attached to a terminal, while dietpi-login calls dietpi-software with both streams piped into “tee” for login, on first login. Its STDOUT and STDERR are now redirected back to the parent shell file descriptors (terminal) via “dialog” wrapper function. Many thanks to @sheddyian for reporting this issue: https://dietpi.com/forum/t/24889

As always, many smaller code performance and stability improvements, visual and spelling fixes have been done, too much to list all of them here. Check out all code changes of this release on GitHub: MichaIng/DietPi!7954